Primo piano dal Mondo
| VII INTERNATIONAL MEDIA FORUM ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE |
| 22-Set-2009 - associazione greenaccord |
| VII INTERNATIONAL MEDIA FORUM
ON THE PROTECTION OF NATURE Viterbo, 25-29 November 2009 Towards Copenaghen:
Greenaccord invites environmental journalists from all over the world Climate
change: scientists, witnesses, and journalists meet in Viterbo The schedule presented for
Seventh International Forum of Information for the Safeguarding of Nature Rome, 22 September 2009 – More
than 80 journalists from 50 countries will meet in Viterbo from the 25 to the 29th of
November, with the objective of reflecting on the urgency of measures and
actions to take in order to face climate change. Greenaccord will stimulate an in-depth examination and dialogue among people in the
communications field with the VII International Media Forum on the
protection of nature. During the
proceedings of last year’s Forum, the journalists and scientists present
realized the need to face the theme of climate change given the parallel timing
of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, organized by the United Nations, during
which the terms of an international agreement about climate change will be
defined. Noteworthy representatives of
science, economics, and communications will present their work and their
research as well as the testimony of common people from all over the world, and
render visible the effects of climate change in the everyday life of various
peoples and ecosystems. During the day of Wednesday,
25 November, after a greeting from the authorities present, three economists
will present: Leena Srivastava, Executive Director of TERI (The Energy
and Resources Institute) will talk about the next agreement on climate change. Janet Larsen, director of the research division of the Earth Policy Institute,
will hold a talk on “how to defend the climate and get out of an economic crisis.”
Andrew Light, Senior Fellow at the
Center for American Progress will talk about climate and economics, and about
new economic opportunities in the plans of the President of the United States Barack Obama. Closing the day’s talks
on Wednesday will be the discussion of Professor Stefano Zamagni, from the University of Bologna, who will speak
about the relationship between economic crisis and environmental crisis. On Thursday, 26 November, Brian Fagan, professor of anthropology
at the University of California, will open the day with an interesting talk
about what history teaches us about climate change. Antonio Navarra, Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Center for
Climate Change, will immediately thereafter analyze the evidence for climate
change in the Mediterranean. Joell L.
Russell, professor at the University of Arizona, will then present his
study on the melting of the glaciers in the Antarctic. Thursday afternoon and
Friday morning will be reserved for testimony. In cooperation with the WWF,
people whose socio-economic reality has been directly affected by climate
change will recount their experiences. Saturday, with the help of
important experts, an overview of the health of the planet will be presented. The
first talk about this theme will be that of Erik Assadourian, researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, followed
by Riccardo Valentini, professor at
the Università della Tuscia, who will discuss the evidence of climate change in
the agro-alimentary sector. Next will be William
Rees, professor in British Columbia as well as originator, along with
Mathis Wackernagel, of the concept of an “ecological footprint,” will give a
talk on “carbon footprints” in relation to the problem as related to natural
resources. Saturday afternoon and Sunday
the forum will proceed with other important direct testimony, as well as the
proposals of the journalists of the Greenaccord network, proposals which are
aimed at better and more efficient environmental communication and a more
in-depth knowledge of the importance and urgency of adopting immediate measures
to reduce and contain the effects of climate change. - - - - -
Greenaccord Press Office Office: +39.075.50.51.681 Email: press@greenaccord.it
Martina
Valentini Greenaccord Press Representative International
Secretariat 00187 Rome, Via del
Carmine 3 Phone
+39.06.62.29.09.51 |
| Categoria: - Aria - Acqua - Terra - Fuoco - Uomo - Aree Protette - |
 |
